City to finance housing and salary studies at five thousand each
Lawrence city commissioners authorize a $5000 housing study contract with the Institute for Social and Environmental Studies at KU to analyze citywide housing and neighborhood conditions. They also approve a $5200 salary study with Carl S Becker firm, and grant bids for Farmers Market sponsors. Several appointments to city boards are approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Eighth and
Vermont Streets
Watson
Institute For Social and Environmental Studies At
Kansas University
Mike Wildgen
Carl S. Becker
Denver
Colo
Carl Mibeck
Mibeck
Don Binns
Farmers’ Market
Justin
Andy” Anderson
Apartment owners seek private trash haulers delayed sixty days
Lawrence City Commission postponed a request by the Lawrence Apartment Owners Association to switch 2,500 units to private trash collection for 60 days. Commissioners cited recent sanitation changes and urged improvements before a private-hauler switch, noting potential fee waivers and ongoing service adjustments.
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Lawrence
Lawrence City Commission
Don Binns
Carl Mibeck
Marnie Argersinger
Buford Watson
Watson
Barkley Clark
Clark
Argersinger
Brand
Binnsold Brand
Buford
Care home regulation reforms advance in health committee
The House Public Health and Welfare Committee pursued major nursing home rule revisions, approving reports becoming public and a 40 hour full-time standard while exempting many current homes from construction rules. Ownership changes trigger a one year compliance period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Public Health and Welfare
Bond action approved and road relocation eyed near TRW plants
The city cleared a bond action and approved relocating a road in the industrial subdivision near the TRW and Packer Plastics plants to aid Quaker plant expansion. Monday is a holiday, delaying trash pickup. routes shift to Thursday and usual runs resume Tuesday. Commissioners approved a $22.50 mailbox damage claim from a snow incident. Puerto Rico received commonwealth status in 1952. county voter registrations show about 37,000 voters with 29,000 in Lawrence and 20 new registrations in a recent drive. The primary registration deadline was Tuesday for the March 8 election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TRW
Packer Plastics
Quaker
Buford Watson
Lawrence
Douglas County
Dorothy Baldwin
Social Democrats Gain Ground in Danish Election
In Denmark the Social Democrats led by Anker Joergensen won 37.1 percent, gaining 12 Folketing seats to total 65. The five-party majority reached 103 seats, but allies held back from coalition. Joergensen aims for cross party support, with a plan to employ 20 000 of 175 000 unemployed and a $130 million program possibly funded by higher sales tax.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Anker Joergensen
Social Democrats
Sweden
West Germany
Folketing
Joergensen
Ford Motor reports peak profits despite nationwide strike
Ford Motor Co posted record 1976 profits of 983 million dollars, trimmed by an estimated 348 million due to a four week UAW strike. Fourth quarter earnings were 171 million on 7.2 billion in sales. Ford joins GM in posting a strong industry turnaround after a two year slump.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Henry Ford II
Ford
General Motors
Chrysler
American Motors
United Auto Workers
Military personnel use food stamps amid pay concerns
A Pentagon study finds as many as 38,000 service members receive food stamps with 62,000 potentially eligible under current pay rules. Moonlighting and working spouses reduce the figure. 32 percent have employed wives, and eligible rates are lower than the 17 to 26 percent seen in U.S. households.
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Washington
Armed Services
Pentagon
Tem
U.S
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Bill Harris
10Th Ter
Karen Heeb
Yale Road
Traffic Safety Commission
Phil Stuart
Board of Zoning Appeals
Karen Gould
Lawrence Arts Commission
Charles Loveland
Lawrence-Douglas County
League of Women Voters
Wildgen
Fred Pence
League
Care Home
George Washington
George Williams
Public Works
Puerto Rico
Spain
Packer Road
Glenn West
Chamber of Commerce
Eneral
Wellington RD
Lawrence, Kan
Fisher General Services
PGS
Sac
Donald A. Gentry, D.P.M
Iowa
Hillcrest Medical Office
Itate
Harry Lang
Mel Carden
Lang
Benton
George
Arensberg
Massachusetts
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